# Laurie Buckhout Laurie Buckhout is the Republican candidate in North Carolina's 1st congressional district, a retired U.S. Army colonel who contested the same seat in 2024. She appears in this vault as one of **two candidates targeted from both directions inside forty-eight hours** in October 2026: | Date (receipt) | Committee | Direction | Amount | File | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2026-10-15 | [[House Majority PAC]] | **oppose** | **$2,700,906.29** across 5 lines | 2027688 | | 2026-10-16 | [[Congressional Leadership Fund]] | support | $100,000.00 | 2028923 | HMP's cycle aggregate against her stands at **$5,769,202.05**. The CLF line is one of only two support lines on a 101-line, $35,119,415.63 notice. See [[House Majority PAC 49.9M House Map IE October 2026]] and [[CLF 35.1M House Map IE October 2026]]. The other candidate on both notices is [[Marcy Kaptur]], in the mirror configuration. ## See Also - [[House Majority PAC]] · [[Congressional Leadership Fund]] · [[Marcy Kaptur]] - [[2026 House Races Hub]]